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Praise for book 1 of the Bharat Trilogy India That Is Bharat
“The publication of this book, together with the promise of the upcoming sequels to it, herald a ripening of the Indic civilisational discourse from a previous stage that was largely characterised by the broadcasting of emotional outbursts and poorly informed opinions on the social media. When future generations of historians chronicle the development of the reawakening of our civilisation through time, they will find it difficult not to recognise the significant role that this book plays in that reawakening.”
OPEN
‘Deepak disproves the argument that India as a nation state did not exist before the mutiny of 1857. This is very true since as early as the Mauryan period, India stretched from Afghanistan to South India. He states that nobody can argue against the religious inspirations for Columbus missions and the British government’s inclusion of missionary ideas into Indian society. His arguments about the existence and therefore pending reclamation of the indigenous consciousness of an Indic civilisation are appealing in terms of ideas.
THE HINDU BUSINESSLINE
‘In India That Is Bharat, Deepak explores the underpinnings of the idea of Bharat, by first travelling into history to excavate the corrosion of the idea, then as lawyers do, offering evidence of its sustenance and subsequently paving the way for a decolonised interpretation of the constitution.’
FIRSTPOST
“This is a seminal, pathbreaking book that is bound to transform the conversation about the profound impact of coloniality on India’s Constitution and cultural discourse. Introducing the term “coloniality” into India’s conversation is itself a crucial contribution of this book.
PRASENJIT K. BASU
Economist, historian and author of the award-winning book Asia Reborn
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